The ancient Hebrews seem to have been ■ ignorant of the domestic cat. It is not once mentioned in the Bible. At the meeting of the Imperial Bank of Persia, held in London last month, dir Thomas Jackson, the chairman, «aid the political situation in Persia aad not recently undergone a change for the better. The country remained fiaturbed and unsettled, but the Go.'ornment managed to preserve order in the capital, and. to some extent, in the orovmces. Disorder on the northern trade route had been put down with a 3rm hand, and it was practically safe for traders. It was not so, however, in the southern provinces. Banking was carried on under many difficulties, tint the unrest which had been prevalent for some years could not be prolonged indefinitely, and. when it ceased. expanding trade and greater facilities for carrying on the business would .result in increased profits.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19130208.2.95.8
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8349, 8 February 1913, Page 9
Word count
Tapeke kupu
148Untitled New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8349, 8 February 1913, Page 9
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in